Stages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Three types of compassion
Continued commentary on Chandrakirti's homage to great compassion, explaining three ways to observe sentient beings…
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Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion
The teachings for the advanced level practitioner begins with a commentary on Chandrakirti's homage to…
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The 37 harmonies with awakening, part 2
The 37 harmonies continued with explanation of the seven factors of enlightenment and the eightfold…
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The 37 harmonies with awakening
The 37 harmonies are a fundamental practice of the middle scope and are practiced by…
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Generating renunciation
Renunciation is one of the milestones to awakening. The measure of having produced the mind…
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Taking rebirth from the intermediate state
The transition from the intermediate state to a new rebirth based on explanations in the…
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Death and the intermediate state
Factors affecting our death, and the importance of the state of mind at death. What…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Gomchen Lamrim review: Birth, aging, sickness, and d...
How to reflect on the dukkha of birth, aging, sickness and death to generate the…
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Afflictions and the accumulation of karma
The disadvantages of the afflictions and how you accumulate karma through the afflictions. When you…
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How the afflictions arise
The antidotes to the six root afflictions, the sequence in which they arise, and the…
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The five types of afflictive views
By learning about the types of afflictive views we can look at our own mind…
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Ignorance, doubt, and afflictive views
Continued explanation of the root afflictions, the cause of our unsatisfactory experiences. Outline of the…
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